How To Cut Sheet Metal Siding

Lay the roofing sheets on a flat surface with the underside up.

How to cut sheet metal siding.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Find a stable surface like a workbench you can use. Jigsaws and metal cutting band saws are more work but can make most cuts in light to medium sheet metal. Using a dewalt 20 volt drill and cutters made by malco real good stuff.

Step 2 cutting across corrugations. Place your corrugated metal on top of your work surface. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Switch out your saw blade for any blade.

Using a circular saw 1. While the blade guard will protect you from most of the sparks. Calculate the measurements more than once for accuracy. A handheld cutting tool fitted with a metal cut off wheel will easily cut through sheet.

Step 1 cutting lengthwise to cut corrugated metal siding lengthwise or with the corrugation you can simply use a set of electric shears to do the job. Calculate the number of panels needed for the roof. Nice clean cut without heat. You want a pair of straight cuts or left or right handed pair for cutting both straight and around corners.

The cheapest way to cut metal roofing is with a pair of tin snips. The marking should be appropriate to the required measurements where the metal should be cut. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. If you haven t already determined how big the panel needs to be.

How to cut angle cut for the roof pitch. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Put on a pair of thick gloves and a welding mask. You can use a sawing table or a set of sawhorses.

Measure along the. Using a permanent marker to make a line on which to cut the metal siding. Hot metal chips will fly everywhere. The best tin snips are good for cutting any edge of corrugated iron that is going to be seen as they are easy to control when cutting.

Cut metal with your circular saw. If i had a lot to cut i would use either the steelmax or the evolution circular saw that is designed to cut steel. The 7 1 4 inch saw cuts up to 5 16 solid stock and the 9 cuts up to 1 2 inch solid mild steel.